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Neighborhood · Ranked #31,049 of 84,120 nationally

Settegast Eviction Risk: Moderate , Houston

Tract 48201231000 · Harris, TX · pop 5,795 · neighborhood within 0.4 mi

48201231000 is a census tract in the Settegast area of Houston, TX. It scores 5.1/10 for landlords. Population here is 5,795. The severe-burden share is 64%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.

Risk score
5.1
Moderate
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 20% Stable renters 3% Owners 77%
Tract context
Occupied units1,582
Renter share22.8%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate27.4%
Median income$45,050

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
50 th percentile
Rank, 50th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 1 tracts In Settegast
Moderate
Within parent city
88 th percentile
Rank, 88th percentileLowHigh
#116 of 952 tracts In Houston
High
Within county
93 th percentile
Rank, 93rd percentileLowHigh
#78 of 1,115 tracts In Harris
Very High
Within state
92 th percentile
Rank, 92nd percentileLowHigh
#565 of 6,884 tracts In Texas
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Houston and the region

Centroid at 29.8402, -95.2787 · click any tract to drill in

Why Settegast scores 5.1

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Houston
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.7
State political climate
Texas legislature & governorship
1.5
Economic stress
27.4% poverty · this tract
6.8
Supply constraint
tract rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Houston
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Houston
3.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Houston
2.5

How Settegast compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Settegast risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.1This tracttract 2310003.7Houstonparent city4.0Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 94

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 279Total filings over 7 yrs
  • 9.62%Avg annual filing rate
  • 10.7%Peak (2009)
  • 36Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2009 to 2015
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 48201231000
Filings dropped 23% over the past 7 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 376Total filings 2020-21
  • 4.9Avg monthly (observed)
  • 3.1Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 1.57×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline

Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Houston, TX as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Settegast

Cost burden runs 88% here against 49.5% across Harris County. Adults with no health insurance runs 32.1% against 11.3% nationally. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running cool, state political climate reads 1.5/10. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 8.4/10.

The poverty rate is 27%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. Disability prevalence runs 43.9% against 31.5% nationally. Against the Harris County average of 4.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 1.1 points.

Court records carry 279 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Filings peaked in 2009 at 10.7% of renter households.

In a typical year about 9.6% of renter households face a filing. Nationally it ranks #31,049 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty. Only 23% of units are renter-occupied. Rental comparables are thin; price a renewal off the nearest genuine rental sub-market rather than off surrounding sale prices.

On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 9.5/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here. Statewide the TX average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.2 points hotter.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 48201231000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 48201231000?

Census tract 48201231000 in the Settegast neighborhood scores 5.1/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the poverty rate in tract 48201231000?

27.4% of residents in tract 48201231000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,795.
Q3

How socially vulnerable is tract 48201231000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 98th, household 99th, minority 98th, housing 31th.
Q4

Is tract 48201231000 considered part of Settegast?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 48201231000 fall within Settegast (neighborhood centroid within 0.4 miles, OSM data).
Q5

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 48201231000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 279 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 48201231000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.62% of renter households, peaking at 10.7% in 2009. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6

Did eviction filings in tract 48201231000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 1.57× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Houston eviction risk, TX), 2020-2021.
Q7

How does tract 48201231000 compare to Houston overall?

Tract 48201231000 scores 5.1/10, higher than the parent city of Houston at 3.7/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Houston eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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